ROBERT J. BLAKE
Department of Spanish& Classics
One Shields Ave.
UC Davis
Davis, CA 95616
(530)-219-8427
rjblake@ucdavis.edu

Education

Ph.D., 1980: University of Texas, Austin; Major: Hispanic Linguistics
M.A., 1974: Middlebury College; Major: Spanish Literature
B.A., 1973: U.C.L.A.; Major: Spanish Minor: Economics

Director--UC Consortium for Language Learning & Teaching (http://uccllt.ucdavis.edu ), 2000-present
Co-Chair--UC Davis Department of Spanish & Classics, 2001-2003
Director--Davis Second Language Acquisition Institute, 1997-2000
Chair--University of California, Spanish & Classics, 1994-98
Professor VI--University of California, Davis, 2007-present
Professor III-V--Univeristy of California, Davis, 1997-2007
Professor II--Univeristyof California, Davis, 1994-97
Associate ProfessorIV --University of California, Davis, 1992-4
Language Program Director --University of California, Davis, Spanish & Classics, 1992-present
Mercer Brugler Professor --University of Rochester, FLLL, 1989-91 (3-yr chair)
Associate Professor --University of Rochester, FLLL, 1987-92
Assistant Professor --University of Rochester, FLLL, 1985-87
Assistant Professor --Dartmouth College, 1980-85
Professor--Hispanic Institute (UCSB), summers of 1996-97, 1999-2004
Computer Seminar--Midddlebury College, the summers of 1987-95
Language Coordinator --Middlebury College, the summers of 1982-83

Recent Publications:

[1] 1994. Blake, Robert J. "¿Cuándo se puede reconocer los cognados españoles/ingleses?" Revista de Estudios de Adquisición de la Lengua Española. Madrid: Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. 15-24.

[2] 1995. Blake,Robert J., "El latín notarial de un escriba bilingüe o "bígrafo"del XIII." Actas del primer congreso del latín medieval. Universidad de León. 463-468.

[3] 1998. Blake,Robert J. "The Role of Technology in Second Language Learning (Chapter9)." Heidi Byrnes (ed.) Learning Foreign and Second Languages. New York: Modern Language Association. 209-237.

[4] 1998. Blake, Robert J., Nuevos Destinos: Constructing a CD-ROM interfacefor Teaching Spanish. In Keith Cameron (Ed.) Multimedia CALL: Theory and Practice . Exeter: Elm Bank, 303-307.

[5] 1998. Blake, Robert J., and Alicia Ramos. Al corriente: curso intermedio del español , 3rd ed, San Francisco: McGrawHill, Inc.

[6] 1998. Blake, Robert J., Nuevos Destinos: CD-ROM for Learning Spanish,Boston, Massachusetts: McGraw-Hill Publishing, WGBH, Annenberg/CPBProject. [Reviewed in CALICO Journal]

[7] 1998. Blake, Robert J. "Las Glosas de San Millán de Silos en su contexto sociolingüístico." In Claudio GarcíaTurza, Fabián González Bachiller, Javier Mangado Martínez(eds.), Actas del IV Congreso de la Asociación de la Lengua Española,vol. II. Logroño: Universidad de La Rioja. 925-932.

[8] 1999. Blake, Robert J., D. Ranson, and R. Wright (eds.), Essays in Hispanic Linguistics Dedicated to Paul M. Lloyd, Newark, Delaware: Juan de la Cuesta.

[9] 1999. Blake, Robert J., "Nuevos Destinos: A CD-ROM for Advanced Beginning Spanish," CALICO 17 (1): 9-24.

[10] 1999. Blake, Robert, Fahy, David, and Walters, Richard. "Implementing Chat Software in the Foreign-Language Curriculum: The Case of RTA. In David Brown (ed.) Computer Enhanced Learning in 50 Colleges, Boston, Massachusetts: Anker Publishing Co., pp. 254-257.

[11] 2000. Blake, Robert. "Computer Mediated Communication: A Window on L2 Spanish Interlanguage." Language Learning and Technology. Vol 4, No. 1, 120-136.

[12] 2001. Blake, Robert, Javier Blasco & César Hernández. Tesoros CD-ROM: A Multi-media-based Course . Boecillo, Valladolid: Boecillo Editorial Multimedia (BeM) and New York: McGraw-Hill Publishers,Inc. [reviewed in CALICO Journal]

[13] 1999. Co-authored with Adam Karp, Jill Pellettieri, and Eva Barela. "La evaluación de la comunicación sincrónica por Internet: el caso RTA, un programa de "chat". REALE 11: 9-22

[14] 2001. "What Language Professionals Need to Know about Technology." Chairing the Foreign Language and Literature Department, Part 2. ADFL Bulletin , Spring 2001, Vol 32 (3): 93-99.

[15] 2001. Blake, Robert. "La enseñanza de ELE en el suroeste de los EE.UU." II Congreso internacional de la lengua española, December 2001 <http://cvc.cervantes.es/obref/congresos/valladolid/ponencias/activo_del_espanol/1_la_industria_del_espanol/blake_r.htm>

[16] 2002. Blake, Robert and Javier Blasco. Tesoros: A Multimedia-Based Course. New York: Mc-Graw-Hill, Inc.

[17] 2002. Blake, Robert and Máximo Torreblanca. "La apócope de la -e en la época medieval." Actas del V Congreso de la Asociaciónde la Historia de la Lengua Española . Madrid: Gredos., 431-442.

[18] 2002. Blake, Robert and Co-authored with María Victoria González Pagani, Alicia Ramos, and Martha Marks. Al corriente, 4th ed. San Francisco: McGraw-Hill, Inc. [Internet lessons]

[19] 2003. Blake, Robert with Eve Zyzik. “Who’s Helping Whom: Learner/Heritage-Speakers’ Networked Discussion in Spanish.” Applied Linguistics 24(4): 519-544.

[20] 2005. Blake, Robert. The pronunciation of h- and f- in bilingual Spanish/Arabic treaties from the 13th c." In Roger Wright (Ed.). Studies on Ibero-Romance Linguistics decidated to Ralph Penny. London, Támesis. 75-83.

[21] 2006. Blake, Robert J. “Two Heads Better Than One: C[omputer] M[ediated] C[communication] for the L2 Curriculum.” Randall Donaldson and Margaret A. Haggstrom (eds). Changing Language Education Through CALL. London: Routledge. 229-248.

[22] 2007. Blake, Robert J and Ann Delforge. “Online language learning: The case of Spanish Without Walls .” In B. Lafford & R. Salaberry (Eds). The Art of Teaching Spanish: Second Language Acquisition from Research to Praxis. Georgetown, Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. 127-147.

[23] 2007. Blake, Robert J and Claire Kramsch. “Perspectives Volume: National Language Educational Policy .” In B. Lafford & R. Salaberry (Eds). The Modern Language Journal , 91 (2). 247-283.

[24] 2008. Blake, Robert J. “Distance Learning for Second and Foreign Language Teaching.” In N. Van Deusen-Scholl and N.H. Hornberger (Eds). Encyclopedia of Language and Education: Second and Foreign Language Education, 2nd edition, vol. 4. Heidelberg: Springer. 365-376.

[25] 2008. Blake, Robert J. Brave New Digital Classrooms: Technology and Foreign-Language Learning. Georgetown, Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press.

[26] 2008. Blake, Robert J. New Trends in Using Technology in the Foreign-Language Curriculum. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 27, 76-97.

[27] 2008. Blake, Robert J. co-authored with Nicole Wilson, Cristina Pardo Ballester, and María Cetto. “Measuring Oral Proficiency in Distance, Face-to-Face, and Blended Classrooms.” Language Learning and Technology, 12(3):114-127. http://llt.msu.edu/vol12num3/blakeetal/>.

• Flagship Language Dissemination Grant, $300,000 three-year grant, 2009-2011, from NSEP to produce "Arabic Encounters"
• Inducted as new member into La Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española and corresponding member of the Royal Spanish Academy/LaReal Academia Española, May 14, 2004
• Arabic without Walls --FIPSEgrant (co-PI, $456,000),2003-2006, UCD & BYU
• UC Mexus/CONAYCT (co-PI, $25,000)--to develop a L2 database, UC Davis and Universdiad de Querétaro
• Spanish without Walls --FIPSEgrant (co-PI, $230,000),2000-2003, UCD & UCSC
• FIPSE grant (co-PI, $300,000),1997-2000, UCD
• Faculty Research Grant ($1,226),1996-97, UCD
• Faculty Research Grant ($2,442.00),1993-94, UCD
• Research Travel Award to Salamanca,Spain, 1993-1994, UCD
• Research Travel Award to Veracruz,Mexico, 1992-1993, UCD
• New Faculty Research Grant,1992-1993, UCD
• Mercer Brugler DistinguishedTeaching Professor in the College of Arts and Science, 1989-91, U of Rochester
• Bridging Fellowship with Dept.of Computer Science, U of Rochester, Fall 1988.
• Mellon Fellowship in Humanities,1986-87, UPenn.
• N.E.H. Travel to CollectionsGrant, 1986
• Courseware Development Grant,1985, URochester
• Sloan Foundation Grant forC.A.I. curriculum development, 1984
• N.E.H. Travel to CollectionsGrant, 1984, Dartmouth